Freitag Teases World’s First 100 Percent Compostable Denim Jeans

Hold on to your jodhpurs, boys and girls—the world's first 100 percent compostable denim jeans are springing your way. Part of Freitag's"F-abric" line of European-grown and -produced workwear, the upcoming five-pocket design—dubbed the "E500"— is entirely cotton-free, comprising 81 percent linen and 19 percent hemp in a 19-ounce weight for men and a 17 ounce for women. It's a material that's "like no other in the fashion and textile world," according to the Zurich, Switzerland-based firm, which is best known for making bags out of repurposed truck tarpaulin.

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Because the jeans contain neither rivets nor nylon thread, each pair is 100 percent compostable—at least once the metal buttons are unscrewed (and reused, per Freitag).

Like the rest of the F-abric range, the denim conforms to the strictest of Oeko-Tex standards, which tests textile products for harmful substances in all stages of their production. “No one likes to wear toxic clothing,” Freitag said at the launch of F-abric in November.

Available in dark blue and black, the jeans offer reinforced selvage and lap seams to withstand heavy wear.